Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.

Family Matters

Luc Riopel c. Melissa Riopel (2015 ONCS 3592)
époux — pension alimentaire — montant — prends en considération — provisoire
Juge M. Charbonneau

McFarland v McFarland (2015 ONSC 3379)
parenting coordinator — arbitration — process — screening — will
Justice T. Minnema

Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v K.A. and E.T. (2015 ONSC 3378)
wardship — child — alcohol — genuine issue requiring — motion
Justice T. Minnema

Civil Matters

McClatchie v Rideau Lake (Township) (2015 ONSC 3302)
docketed — costs — indemnity — disbursements — alternate
Justice P. Kane

Lorion v 1163957799 (2015 ONSC 3420)
costs — proceeding — vicarious liability for sexual harassment — successful — motion
Justice P. Smith

Criminal Matters

R. v. Hoare (2015 ONCJ 283)
baseball bat — garage — intent to kill — cloth — murder
Justice R. Wadden

R. v Durward (2015 ONSC 1988)
calls for bids — tenders — offence of bid-rigging — air of reality test — defence
Justice B. Warkentin

R. v Bhullar (2015 ONSC 3299)
delay — second set of trial dates — days — absence of an interpreter — disclosure
Justice L. Ratushny

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories v Int’l Union of Operating Engineers, Local 772 (2015 ONSC 3436)
administrative — application for judicial review — exceptional circumstances — premature — will
Justices H. Sachs, R. J. Smith, and H. Wilton-Siegel

Men At Work General Contractors Ltd. v MacDonald, Phillip (2015 ONSC 3413)
overruns — costs — contractor — motion — error
Justices H. Sachs, R. J. Smith, and D. L. Corbett

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Keys v. Intact Insurance Company (2015 ONCA 400)
video — course of their employment — third — internet — posted
Justices R. Juriansz, P. Lauwers, and G. Huscroft

From Your Library: New Release – “Election Law in Canada”

Every so often,we get a new book in the library that is on a topic where we have few other titles, especially anything published recently. Aside from some entries in legal encyclopedias and an older text, election law is one of those topics. This is why we’re excited about a new book: Election Law in Canada by Donald J. Bourgeois with Susan B. Campbell. You can find this book in our library in the Texts section at KF 4483 .E4 B67 2015.

If you’d like to pick one up for yourself, you can buy it from Lexis where it costs $90.00.

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.

Family Matters

Philippe v Bertrand (2015 ONSC 2449)
versus — income — spousal support payable — offer — deductions
Justice P. Kane

Hillier v Green (2015 ONSC 3071)
child support — full-time employment — set-off amount — income — retroactive
Justice A. Doyle

Kadolph v Kadolph (2015 ONSC 3047)
leave — importance — correctness — granted — open to very serious debate
Justice P. Smith

Vallier v Meester (2015 ONSC 3292)
self-represented — costs — factored — proportionality — enrichment
Justice J. Mackinnon

Civil Matters

Boudreau v Loba (2015 ONSC 3267)
partial indemnity — motion — costs — time — articling student
Master C. MacLeod

Campbell Pools Inc. v The Seville Group Inc. (2015 ONSC 2314)
property — acres — acre parcel — barn — severance
Justice R. Beaudoin

Robinson v Lepage (2015 ONSC 3128)
reasonable apprehension of bias — donation — website — paralegal — perception
Justice P. Smith

Criminal Matters

R. v Denis (2015 ONSC 3179)
mental illnesses — offender — disorder — sentence — manslaughter
Justice R. Smith

R. v. Fitts (2015 ONCJ 262)
disclosure — information — simulator — evidence — machine
Justice D. Paciocco

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Huh (2015 ONCA 356)
sentencing — conditional discharge — incarceration — offender — sentence
Justices E. Gillese, M. Tulloch, and P. Lauwers

R. v. Buoc (2015 ONCA 341)
firearm — cocaine — officer — acted in good faith — uncovered
Justices R. Juriansz, P. Rouleau, and C. W. Hourigan

From Your Library: New Release – “Examinations in Civil Trials”

If you’re an articling student or new lawyer, this is for you! Irwin Law (the publisher of “those burgundy text books”) has a series of books aimed specifically at those who are new to the profession. The latest in this series – which is authored by Ottawa lawyer John Hollander – was published just last month and is called Examinations in Civil Trials: The Formula for Success. You can find this, along with the other books in this series, in our library (this book specifically is at KF 8950 H64 2015).

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.

Family Matters

MacDonell v MacDonell (2015 ONSC 2856)
motions — costs — litigants — children — unreasonably
Justice R. Laliberté

Civil Matters

O’Brien v Blue Heron Co-Operative Homes Inc. (2015 ONSC 2929)
co-operative — by-laws — appoint an inspector to investigate — evictions — rental arrears
Justice D. Rutherford

El‑Khodr v Lackie (2015 ONSC 2824)
coverage — medication — future — collateral benefits — assignable
Justice G. Toscano Roccamo

Criminal Matters

R. v Dell (2015 ONSC 1570)
faint hope — punishment — parole ineligibility — screening — retrospective
Justice R. Maranger

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Munkonda (2015 ONCA 309)
bilingual — preliminary inquiry — official languages — anglophone — violations
Justices R. Sharpe, P. Rouleau, and G. Pardu

Library Tours for Summer Students

We are always excited to welcome new students to the CCLA Library! In anticipation of the influx of new summer and articling students we have scheduled some tours for the end of May and beginning of June.

These tours are a great opportunity to meet library staff and learn about library resources, training opportunities, and legal services which may support and assist you in your practice. We also encourage any and all to sign up for the CCLA Newsletter to begin learning about news, events, and opportunities in the East Region.

Tours will be held beginning May 12 on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 AM, and usually take between 15 to 20 minutes. Please email library@ccla-abcc.ca or call 613-233-7386 x221 to schedule a tour.

From Your Library: Quicklaw Forms and Precedents

This week we’d like to highlight the “Forms” section on Quicklaw. If you have a Quicklaw subscription in your office, take a look and see if you have these in your subscription. We have them in the library through our LibraryCo Quicklaw subscription, so you can always find them here.

The quickest way to access these forms and precedents is through the Forms tab. You can see in this image where it is located from the Quicklaw homescreen.

Forms

Here’s what you need to know about these forms:

  • They are available with these different practice areas in mind
    • Banking and Finance
    • Commercial Tenancies
    • Commercial Transactions
    • Corporations
    • Debtor/Creditor
    • Employment
    • Information Technology
    • Intellectual Property
    • Land Development
    • Licensing
    • Municipal Law
    • Gold’s Criminal Precedents
    • Sale and Operation of a Business
    • Sale, Distribution, and Transport of Goods
    • Solicitors Forms
    • Wills and Estates
  • You can download them as Word documents (which means you can modify them without having to re-type)
  • There are also some handy checklists available in each section too

If you don’t have an O’Brien’s subscription in your office or you want to try out another precedents collection, we definitely suggest looking at the collection in Quicklaw. If you need any assistance with this product, as always, let us know!

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.

Family Matters

Godo v Desjardins (2015 ONSC 2657)
costs — full indemnity — motion — rates — endorsement
Justice P. Smith

Yazdani v Vuthy (2015 ONSC 2420)
costs — alternating weekly residence — offers — equalization — cost
Justice P. Kane

Civil Matters

Ballingall v Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 111 (2015 ONSC 2484)
single family residence — grandfathering — unit owners — units — condominium
Justice C. Aitken

Minto Commercial Properties Inc. v Modern Niagara Group Inc. (2015 ONSC 2350)
fan coils — design — obligation to defend — risers — mechanical
Justice P. Kane

Foster v Prince (2015 ONSC 265)
knives — gun — officer — knife — police
Regional Senior Justice J. McNamara

Dhawan v Wehbe (2015 ONSC 2545)
motion — today — affidavit material — brought — peremptorily
Justice P. Smith

619513 Ontario Inc v 1823201 Ontario Inc. (2015 ONSC 2498)
fulfilled — endorsement — reinstated — conference — conditions
Justice P. Smith

Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp v Transpharm Canada Inc.(Toronto Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology) (2015 ONSC 2316)
docketed — hours — retainer agreement — indemnity — patent
Justice P. Kane

K.L. v 1163957799 Quebec Inc. (2015 ONSC 2417)
vicarious liability — sexual harassment — sexual assault — employee — facts
Justice P. Smith

Fincantieri v Anmar Energy (2015 ONSC 2395)
motion — undertakings — discovery — costs — reattend
Master C. MacLeod

Ozerdinc Family Trust v Gowlings (2015 ONSC 2366)
oral discovery — evidence — breaks — motion — will
Master C. MacLeod

Criminal Matters

R. v Dagg (2015 ONSC 2463)
crack cocaine — cellphone — stated — prostitute — police
Justice C. McKinnon

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Simser v Aviva Canada and Fsco (2015 ONSC 2363)
standard of review — economic loss — arbitrator — reasonableness — attendant care
Justices K. Swinton, J. Mackinnon, and T. Lederer

Atwi v Certas Direct Insurance (2015 ONSC 2683)
accident benefits insurer — motion — long-term disability — available — collateral benefits insurer
Justices D. Corbett, C. Hackland, and R. Pomerance

Cossette v Cossette (2015 ONSC 2678)
spousal support — retirement — motions — income — material change
Justices P. Smith, D. Corbett, and R. Pomerance

Vist v Best Theratronics Ltd. (2015 ONSC 2619)
partial indemnity costs — employment — prejudgment interest — continuous — period
Justices P. Smith., D. Corbett, and R. Pomerance

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Ottawa Community Housing Corporation v. Foustanellas (Argos Carpets) (2015 ONCA 276)
punitive damages — wastage — carpet — invoices — pad
Justices E. Cronk, S. Pepall, and M. Benotto

Olumide v. Ottawa (City) (2015 ONCA 271)
inclusive — disbursements — dismissing — appearing — extensive
Justices J. Laskin, P. Lauwers, and C. W. Hourigan

R v. Beauchamp (2015 ONCA 260)
credit card fraud — criminal organization — devices — sentence — credit cards
Justices E. Cronk, R. Blair, and D. Watt

Beatty v. Best Theratronics Ltd. (2015 ONCA 247)
motion — mitigation — reasonable notice — radiation — applied
Justices E. Gillese, K. van Rensburg, and G. Pardu

E-laws Gets a New Look

Perhaps long overdue, the E-laws Ontario website for provincial legislation has revamped its user interface in favour of a more modern and accessible look and feel. Fortunately, the new interface is much cleaner and easier to navigate; unfortunately, not all of the valuable content made the transfer.

So what’s new for you? You can now Browse or Search current or source law conveniently by selecting the tab on the left-hand sidebar. An advanced search is now available, through which you can use boolean operators (AND/OR, etc.). A full explanation of the advanced search operators can be found here. Point-in-time legislation is also available back to January 2, 2004, and previous versions are now linked on the statute/regulation pages themselves.

The Table of Public Statutes and Responsible Ministers has moved, and is accessible from the ‘Legislative Tables’ link on the homepage. Unfortunate casualties of the migration were the Detailed Legislative History tables, which provided legislative history information for each statute by provision number and which are no longer available. As these tables were the primary reason I used e-Laws previously, for now there will be little motivation for me to use the new site over CanLII, which houses much of the same content.

Speaking of which, the CanLII site administrators have also notified its users that there will be a slight delay in updating the site with Ontario law, as they work to interface with the new e-Laws. No document versions will be missed and they are working to resolve the issue.

As always, if you have any difficulty or have any questions, let us know!

Recently Published Ottawa Decisions

Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.

Family Matters

Charbonneau v Charbonneau (2015 ONSC 2181)
spousal support — expenses — pay — will file a two-page — post-secondary education
Justice A. Doyle

Mowers v Acland (2015 ONSC 2171)
joint retainer — offers — motion — terms — costs
Justice J. Mackinnon

Lemieux c Lemieux (2015 ONCS 2259)
justiciables — gain — question des dépens — radiés — aliments
Juge R. Laliberté

Vallier v Meester (2015 ONSC 2312)
house account — work — barn — unjust enrichment — proceeds
Justice J. Mackinnon

Shouldice v Shouldice (2015 ONSC 2340)
purchase — offer — property — motion — affidavit
Justice J. Mackinnon

Civil Matters

Levac c. La corporation du village de Casselman (2015 ONCS 2273)
public interest litigant — altruism — symboliques — municipalité — patriotism
Juge R. Beaudoin

Dolan v Ccoc (2015 ONSC 2145)
eviction — landlord — abatement — pleading — corporation
Master C. MacLeod

Criminal Matters

R. v Blonde (2015 ONSC 2113)
fingerprinting — summonses — operational readiness — travel — offence
Justice P. Smith

R. v Liboiron (2015 ONSC 1706)
civilian witnesses — woman — driving — door — beyond a reasonable doubt
Justice R. Maranger

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Homewood Development Inc. v 2010999 Ontario Inc. (2015 ONSC 2103)
palpable — changes — overriding error — plans — contract
Justice S. Lederman, C. Hackland and D. Corbett

Systemgroup Consulting Inc. v Mcconaghie (2015 ONSC 2213)
monetary compensation — wages — infringed — employment — aka
Justices K. Swinton, H. Sachs and M. Labrosse